American aircraft

The E-2C Hawkeye is the Navy's all-weather, carrier-based tactical warning and control
system aircraft. The Hawkeye provides all-weather airborne early warning and command and
control functions for the carrier
battle group. Additional missions include surface surveillance coordination, strike and
interceptor control, search and rescue guidance and communications relay.

An integral component of the carrier air wing, the E-2C uses computerized sensors to
provide early warning, threat analyses and control of counteraction against air and
surface targets. Carrier-based E-2C Hawkeyes directed F-14
Tomcat fighters flying combat air patrol during the two-carrier battle group joint
strike against terrorist-related Libyan targets in 1986. E-2Cs and AEGIS cruisers, working
together, provided total air mass superiority over the American fleet. More recently,
E-2Cs provided the command and control for successful operations during the Persian Gulf
War, directing both land attack and combat air patrol missions over Iraq and providing
control for the shoot-down of two Iraqi MiG-21 aircraft by
carrier-based F/A-18s in the early days of the war. E-2
aircraft also have worked extremely effectively with U.S. law enforcement agencies in drug
interdictions.

E-2C aircraft entered U.S. Navy service with Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123 at NAS
Norfolk, Va., in November 1973.

General characteristics

Primary function

Airborne early warning, command and control

Contractor

Grumman Aerospace Corp.

Power plant

Two Allison T-56-A427 turboprop engines

Thrust

2x 2230 HP

2x 1663 kW

Length

57 ft 6 in

17,54 m

Wingspan

80 ft 7 in

24,56 m

Height

18 ft 3 in

5,58 m

Wingarea

700 sq ft

65,03 sq m

Weight

empty

38 063 lb

17 265 kg

max. takeoff

51 932 lb

23 556 kg

Speed

max.

374 mph

602 km/h

cruising

310 mph

499 km/h

Ceiling

30 800 ft

9 390 m

Range

850 miles

1370 km

Endurance

6 hours on ring

2583 km

Crew

Five

Armament

none

Unit cost

$51 million

Operational

January 1964

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